For many people, the classic image of a desert is an endless yellow-brown plain with undulating dunes. An infinite number of grains of sand piled up in rows of dunes lazily following one another.
The Wahibi Desert comes close to that image. It is a small desert in Oman with plains and sand dunes. And a colour of sand that flares up beautifully orange in the light of the falling evening.
The dunes are created by the wind and keep changing shape as the wind sweeps along the sand. And if you look closely, you can see a small version of the desert on the dunes. Ribbles of sand. Shaped by the wind. With irregular patterns, just like the sand dunes of the desert.
The ridges feel firm. The sand grains fit together, holding the sand in place. Building a dune undisturbed. Sometimes a sandstorm disrupts the calm rhythm and after the storm all the ridges suddenly lie somewhere else. Or something collapses because of a walking beetle or camel. But even then, the whole thing calmly builds on a plan without end. Because no matter where the grains lie and how the patterns run, together they remain one desert.
So much beauty in the world! I share here what caught my eye and where I looked for frame and position. I hope you see what I see: beauty in landscapes, cut-outs, abstracts and macro photography. With minimal editing and therefore with imperfections. Because in my image, .. Read more…